repeated intimidation and surveillance of Pedro José Cruz and Bertha de León, human rights lawyers involved with corruption cases
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El Salvador: News & Updates
El Salvador is the smallest and most densely populated country in Central America. The US-backed civil war, which erupted after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980, lasted 12 years (1980-92), killing 70,000 people and forcing 20% of the nation’s five million people to seek refuge in the US.
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RRN Letter
June 24, 2016
RRN Letter
June 1, 2016
appeal action and requested review of prison release of María Teresa Rivera, a woman who had a miscarriage but in 2011 was sentenced to 40 years in prison for aggravated homicide.
Event
February 6, 2016
The InterReligious Task Force, in conjunction with Case Western Reserve University, presents the 16th annual Social Justice Teach-In as a great opportunity for people of all ages to learn about critical human rights issues and practice hands-on skills to organize for change. This annual event attracts 500+ participants, many from area high schools and colleges. The Teach-In will provide participants with information, skills, and resources to support their own social justice programming at their schools and congregations.
RRN Letter
December 11, 2015
death threats to and surveillance of Teresa Naves and Bertha de Leon, human rights lawyers for the Study Foundation for the Application of the Law (FESPAD) who are working on a criminal lawsuit against former President Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez (1999-2004) for embezzlement.
RRN Case Update
December 1, 2015
US deports Salvadoran general for 1980s assassinations
Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova is the highest-ranking foreign official to be deported under laws enacted in 2004 to prevent human rights violators from seeking haven in the US
RRN Letter
June 13, 2015
assassination of transwoman and human rights defender of the LGBTI community Francela Méndez Rodriguez and her friend Consuelo Flores in Sonsonate
RRN Letter
April 16, 2015
police harassment of Catholic priest and environmental rights defender Father Santos Neftalí Ruíz Martínez, President of the Environmental Committee of Cabañas.
RRN Letter
October 24, 2014
News Article
March 18, 2014
A battle has emerged over the free trade agreements’ egregious rules that grant giant corporations unreasonable powers to subvert democracy.
News Article
March 17, 2014
Ultraconservative US allies of ARENA – like Rep.
